I Kenneth
DYE of the county of Mason & state of KY being in a low state of health but
of perfect mine & memory, do this fifteenth day of March & year of our
Lord one thousand eighteen hundred & seventeen make & ordain this insturment
of writing as my last will & testament & do dispose of my estate real
& personal in the following manner/

In give to my son David DYE one
young bay horse four years old, one cow & calf & six sheep & six hog.
I give to my son James Dye bare mare called Iin & fifteen dollars in money
& four sheep. I give to my son Hiram DYE ninety dollars to paid him when he
arrives at the age of twenty one years. I give to my son Kenneth DYE one hundred
dollars & the and ... I now use, the money to be paid him at the age of twenty
one. I give to my daughter Jane one bed & bedding & curtains one looking
glass & sixty dollars all out of my personal estate. I give to my beloved
wife Phebe DYE all the property she brought to me including slaves & housefold
furniture. Also provisions of bread & meat sufficient for six months, &
two hogs also one half of the rent of the place for the last year, providing she
shall except of it as her right of dower on in lieu of her thirds, all the remainder
of my estate which is & here disposed to be equally divided between all my
sons & daughters towit Peter DYE, WIlliam DYE the children of my deceased
daughters Rachel, Margaret & Martha & my daughters Phebe & Jane that
is to say the two children of my daughter Rachel to have one share divided between
them, the children of my daughter Margaret to have one share divided between them,
the children of my daughter Martha to have one share divided between them to be
kept interest or laid out in bankstock for them that is all except their share
of land at the descretion of my executor to the best advantage year by year till
my youngest son comes of age at which it shall be equally divided between all
my sons & daugheters & deceased daughters children as before named together
with all rents & money that may be left after bring up & sufficiently
schooling my youngest son & daughter & my son Hiram six months schooling
& payig all my just debts, it is my desire that my sons Hiram & Kenneth
be put to trades, such as they may choose, & I do here by appoint my friend
Jonathan ROSS executor to this my last will & testament, also guardians to
all my children under age. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the
day & year above named.